Obama decided on Hiroshima trip week before announcement: top aide

File photo shows U.S. President Barack Obama (L) hugging Shigeaki Mori, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the atomic-bombed city that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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